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even by Hollywood standards, that movie star's egomania is of epic proportions
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There are early indications that Biden’s mishandling of classified documents is rooted in error rather than corruption or egomania.
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Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2023
The hour climaxed with Bob Odenkirk winning an Emmy, probably, with a burst of florid hallway egomania.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2020
Her brothers are all grossly incompetent in their own ways, due to struggles with addiction (Kendall), immaturity (Roman) or pure egomania (Connor Roy 2020).
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Dec. 2019
The soon-to-be-Emperor fawns over Anakin’s heroism, while the Jedi scorn his egomania.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019
Welcome back, to fans and sad sack wasp traps alike, to the craven death pit of greed and egomania that is Succession.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 8 Aug. 2019
Anyone who has hung around the creative and artistic professions knows about some of the most pernicious risks inherent to those worlds: excessive behavior, compulsions, egomania, drugs, booze.
—Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2019
But Scottie’s obliviousness to his own professional failings speaks to his egomania, and the artifice of his situation.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2019
Virtually every great idea—and plenty of bad ones—pass through this small strip of land, where the concentration of wealth and egomania rival Riyadh.
—Nick Bilton, The Hive, 15 Dec. 2017
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Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2023
The hour climaxed with Bob Odenkirk winning an Emmy, probably, with a burst of florid hallway egomania.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2020
Her brothers are all grossly incompetent in their own ways, due to struggles with addiction (Kendall), immaturity (Roman) or pure egomania (Connor Roy 2020).
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Dec. 2019
The soon-to-be-Emperor fawns over Anakin’s heroism, while the Jedi scorn his egomania.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019
Welcome back, to fans and sad sack wasp traps alike, to the craven death pit of greed and egomania that is Succession.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 8 Aug. 2019
Anyone who has hung around the creative and artistic professions knows about some of the most pernicious risks inherent to those worlds: excessive behavior, compulsions, egomania, drugs, booze.
—Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2019
But Scottie’s obliviousness to his own professional failings speaks to his egomania, and the artifice of his situation.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2019
Virtually every great idea—and plenty of bad ones—pass through this small strip of land, where the concentration of wealth and egomania rival Riyadh.
—Nick Bilton, The Hive, 15 Dec. 2017
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egomania
noun
ego·ma·nia
ˌē-gō-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə 
: the quality or state of being extremely egocentric
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